MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
vs
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio and the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and has 2944 texture shaders and 46 execution units.

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio GPU ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
TU104 GPU Chip GA106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2944 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 112
46 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 15.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio clocks in the base with up to 1.515 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is 1.320 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.320 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.807 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 260 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC has a TDP of 170 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

260 W TDP 170 W
310 W TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
34 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
44 dB Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED ZOTAC SPECTRA

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio is 327 mm long, 140 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC is 224 mm long, 116 mm high and 39 mm wide.

327 mm Length 224 mm
140 mm Height 116 mm
56 mm Width 39 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1553 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 839 $.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC was introduced in Q1/2021 at a price of 399 $.

-- Part-no ZT-A30600H-10M
Q3/2018 Release date Q1/2021
839 $ Launch Price 399 $
12 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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